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Is your android device secure?

How to encrypt your Android device

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Wanted part time Gardner . (West Wales)

Hi all i'm looking for a person to help with my gardening business on a part time bases . Weeding work and general gardening duties . Must have own transport .Work based in the Carmarthen area (SA31)Books full so need extra help . For more info tel 0

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How much do you work "in" and "on" the business ?

In another thread it became apparent we all have different business types, sizes and set-ups. Sometimes when we discus topics or issues it is easy to forget this fact and that one size does not fit all.

So, here's my current Bio; Over the last two ye

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Is CRM worth it for us ?

What is it ?

Textbook answer: "Customer relationship management (CRM) is a system for managing a company’s interactions with current and future customers. It involves using technology to organise, automate and synchronise sales, marketing, customer s

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Six essential tips to add value to your property before selling

BRING THE OUTSIDE IN

'A sunken garden with a fire-pit for adults plus a treehouse for children will attract buyers. Bi-fold doors leading onto the garden give the feeling of an extra reception room,' says Adam Hesse, of Aston Mead.

If you want someth

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Are you able to move a Tonne bag of grass cuttings, new trick we sorted a few weeks back.

My new colleague figured a way of picking up a whole bag (tonne bag ) of grass cuttings and moving them around a site and putting them onto the back of our trailer without dropping.

We use a equestrain large twin wheeled deep wheelbarrow. We tip this

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Cherry Blossom Tree - Identification

Hi Guys,

Needing some help identifying this Cherry Blossom Tree.
I think its 'Japanese Cherry' prunus 'Kanzan' flowers?
But not 100%.

Leafs are turning brown.
The flower is really pale pink.

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Work tools that don't (work that is)

Having read with interest the recent post on favorite tools just wondered if we were man/woman enough to fess up to buying gear that ended up a waste of space/useless.My most recent bad buy was a Joseph Bentley spade from B@They'd ran out of our usua

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School Project :)

12 years ago I left my local secondary school with no idea about what i wanted to do. No way near the level of exam results i should have received and to be honest a terrible reputation as a bit of a trouble maker and time waster.

Yesterday I was awar

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Sponsorship to construct a potentially show winning garden

So as you can tell from the title that’s what I’m after 
I am a small and new business and I have entered a garden design into the urban garden festival Dig the City. I have had an excellent response and have been told to seek funding/sponsorship to

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Thank you

Just want to say a big thank you for all your advice and helpToday I have managed to get the contract with a letting agent for maintenance work on all their property'sThis is a massive set for me and my business

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One Man Maintenance Business ?

Having recently done a financial forecast for the next four years, I looked at the costs involved between running a "One Man Business" and a crew of three.

All I am prepared to say about this is that the cost of running a one man business is far more

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Van sign writing and theft

First post!

im in a bit of a pickle, i started up just over a year ago and business is steadily increasing.

i have a mwb hr mercedes sprinter, I'm really in 2 minds whether to get it sign written or not! it has security locks fitted and all my equipmen

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Issues with pitchcare delivery

Has anyone else experienced problems with them recently? I feel it is useful to highlight this issue to others as I have had to reschedule work twice which has directly cost me money and time.

Basically, I placed a pallet order and was given a deliver

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People were only choosing self-employment as they couldn't find a job.

A pressure group is has come to the defence of the self-employed after the TUC said on BBC's Newsnight people were only choosing self-employment as they couldn't find a job.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-l-jones/pressure-group-makes-case-for-s

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Your van in the Car Park Test

Here is simple test to see how well your vehicle Signwriting works.

Drive into your local supermarket (like ASDA) on a very busy day and park your van at the furthest point from the door of the store.

Walk to the store entrance, and then see if your ve

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Efficiency improves productivity improves profitability

If you're in the maintenance business you often have to do several jobs a day, so a substantial amount of time is taken up travelling from your base, then job to job, and back to base.

There are basically four ways to plot your jobs to make the route

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Bamboo removal

Hi all,

I am doing a landscaping job at the moment where I have to remove 4 large bamboo plants. I have cut back all the stems and wondered if anyone had any tips or ideas on how to remove the footballs.

I cannot get a mini digger onto site so we have

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What timing : " There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See"

What timing, this email newsletter hit my inbox in the last 1/2 hour from a guy who is a business mentor I follow - David Winch. He could have almost been lurking here ;-)

I support his 'value vs effort' description of pricing as fitting the  fixed

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Advice about Ride on mowers that stripe!

Hi, here's a question? Looking for advice/experience or both.I am looking for a Ride on mower that;A) collects grass/leaves efficientlyB) is effective in most weather conditionsC) is reliableD) is cheap (will take quality over price!)E) will fit thro

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